plaid

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaid
Adjective
  • Fresh out the slammer For Emily's grand entrance post-prison, the team aimed for attire that expressed life in jail, including handcuff-like earrings and a striped suit.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • It was styled on the runway with a low and loose striped track pant (Look 24) and patent leather Reva ballet flats, reissued exclusively for the site.
    Talia Abbas, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Demos wore a checkered suit, while Shahi donned a slinky metallic dress with a thigh-high slit and off-the-shoulder detailing.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The digital collection features a checkered suit, pixel leopard hoodie and video game pants — free of charge for fitting, sharing and saving to digital wardrobes within the ZERO10 app.
    Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • Its fingerprint-resistant finish and seamless construction offer a clean, almost architectural presence—no clunky plastic, no garish branding, just elegant utility.
    Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.
    Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • At every step, he's been able to invest some money into other people's good ideas and then cash out—literally and figuratively—with more money and a gaudier reputation, despite contributing very little.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • What was outside of David after that challenge was a big, gaudy immunity necklace, something Cedrek certainly could have used considering his fate later that night.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Plaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaid. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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